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Suspension — not hanging!

The two company directors found guilty of corporate manslaughter, through gross negligence in ignoring excessive hours worked by a driver who fell asleep at the wheel, have each received a suspended sentence. The driver himself, who pleaded guilty of causing death by dangerous driving, was jailed for 30 months.

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